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Volume 20, No.4, Winter 2002

What's So Special about the Farm?" by PERC Senior Associate Peter J. Hill kicks off the issue. Hill explains why farmers have received such largess from the federal government. Then Dan Zinkand, an editor with Iowa Farmer Today predicts the demise of multi-billion-dollar farm subsidies and warns readers to anticipate what that future might entail.

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What's So Special About the Farm?
Why have farmers received such largesse from the federal government?
by Peter Hill
Saving Heritage Breeds from Extinction
Kelmscott Farm in Maine preserves endangered livestock varieties.
by Linda Platts
Beer for Bessie
Spent grains and stale beer make nutritious meals for livestock.
by Clay Landry
Facing the Future
Multi-billion-dollar farm subsidies won't last forever.
by Dan Zinkand

Columns

Tangents
If You Want It Buy It
A market approach to conservation: Buy land.
by Daniel Benjamin

Perspectives

Greener Pastures
– Blast from the Past
– Alligators Go West
– Wastewater on Sale
by Linda Platts

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